2)If there is a nuclear attack the women in 4 inch heels will have to ditch their shoes too, so every other woman in NYC will be shoeless when the end comes.
3)Most importantly: they show off your pedicure.
In that case, why not wear sandals or open-toe “flats”?
They also show off big, ugly, crooked feet. Most often on hugely overweight women. Once sat next to a woman wearing flip-flops who had dirt under her toe nails and fungus on some nails, brown and crooked. Spoiled my appetite for days.
Flip-flops are Vietnamese dress shoes.
Bingo. I mean, what's the point of sitting in the manicure/pedicure shop for an hour when you can't show off your pretty little toes?
When I'm home in the warm months, I wear sandals, not so much flip-flops. I'm a southern girl. Shoes are oppressive. :)